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Association studies of CTLA-4, CD28, and ICOS gene polymorphisms with type 1 diabetes in the Japanese population.
Immunogenetics - 1 Aug 2001
Ihara K, Ahmed S, Nakao F, Kinukawa N, Kuromaru R, Matsuura N, Iwata I, Nagafuchi S, Kohno H, Miyako K, Hara T
Abstract excerpt
Co-stimulatory molecules of CD28, cytotoxic T lymphocyte-associated antigen-4 (CTLA-4), and the newly identified inducible co-stimulator (ICOS) are expressed on cell surfaces and provide regulatory signals for T-cell activation. Their genes are candidate susceptibility genes for type 1 diabetes because they co-localize to Chromosome 2q33 with the IDDM12 locus. After determining the genomic structure and screening...
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